Patch for an Issue #1147

stamparm · stamparm · commit 8b135e45bd84 · 2015-02-02T22:05:31.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ def _(self, *args):
         prompt = False
         advancedHelp = True
 
-        for arg in sys.argv:
+        for arg in (sys.argv if not IS_WIN else shlex.split(" ".join(sys.argv))):
             argv.append(getUnicode(arg, encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
 
         checkDeprecatedOptions(argv)
